Finding of Moses

Title

Finding of Moses

Draughtsman

• Italian, 18th century

Period Produced

• 18th century
• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• Italian

Production Reason

• composition study

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Moses

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Exodus 2,1-10

Primary

• 71E1124 the finding of Moses: Pharaoh's daughter comes to bathe with her maidens in the river and discovers the child floating on the water
• 41D2632 parasol, sunshade

Alternative Attribution

• Sebastiano Ricci ? draughtsman; by note on mount
• Francesco Fontebasso draughtsman; by note on mount

Historic Attribution

• Giovanni Battista Tiepolo draughtsman